The Briefing
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A pacy round-up of the day’s main news stories, anchored from London by a Monocle editor. The show features informed reporting, prescient business analysis and invaluable industry reports covering everything from technology to aviation and retail to media.
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Live from Sharjah: The UAE’s start-ups look beyond the conflict
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Apr 16, 202632:37failed
Live from Dubai: The state of tourism and education in the Gulf
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Apr 15, 202639:47failed
Live from Abu Dhabi: Lebanese and Israeli officials set to meet in Washington fo...
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Apr 14, 202639:44failed
The US prepares to launch Iranian port blockade within hours and Viktor Orbán de...
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Apr 13, 202640:24failed
The view from Beirut on Israel’s deadly strikes. And: Hungary’s pivotal election...
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Apr 10, 202624:46failed
US-Iran ceasefire tested by deadly Israeli strikes on Lebanon
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Apr 9, 202630:17failed
Keir Starmer heads to the Gulf after the US and Iran agree to a ceasefire
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Apr 8, 202630:30failed
Trump’s Iran deadline approaches and JD Vance visits Hungary to bolster Victor O...
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Apr 7, 202628:40failed
Asia’s worsening fuel crisis: a sign of what’s to come for Europe?
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Apr 6, 202622:10failed
Is Donald Trump starting to fire his cabinet?
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Apr 3, 202625:46failed
How would ending birthright citizenship change American society?
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Apr 2, 202637:12failed
Ukraine’s Easter truce proposal and Israel’s death-penalty bill for Palestinians
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Apr 1, 202629:25failed
Iran hits Kuwaiti oil tanker in Dubai – are energy targets now fair game?
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Mar 31, 202629:53failed
A new front in the Middle East as Houthis enter the conflict
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Mar 30, 202630:18failed
Marco Rubio arrives at the G7 as Trump lashes out at allies
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Mar 27, 202634:13failed
The Philippines becomes the first country to declare a state of emergency over t...
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Mar 26, 202629:54failed
The true state of US-Iran negotiations amid conflicting reports from Tehran, Was...
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Mar 25, 202631:07failed
Israel to hold a ‘security zone’ in the south of Lebanon
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Mar 24, 202633:40failed
A new mayor in Paris: who is Emmanuel Grégoire?
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Mar 23, 202633:42failed
The scramble to take energy infrastructure off the hit list in the Middle East
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Mar 20, 202634:15failed
All talk? The European Council convenes in Brussels amid global disruption
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Mar 19, 202634:27failed
Zelensky in Europe as focus shifts to Iran
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Mar 18, 202635:00failed
Trump delays direct talks with Xi as the Iran war rages on
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Mar 17, 202626:39failed
Can the US rely on its allies in the war in Iran?
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Mar 16, 202629:53failed
The future of the far right in Germany. And: The winner of the Pritzker Prize
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Mar 13, 202634:15failed
Iran steps up attacks in the Gulf as oil prices jump
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Mar 12, 202636:54failed
Turkey’s mass corruption trial gets under way
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Mar 11, 202635:58failed
How the war in Iran is changing Qatar’s global standing. And: urban festival Mip...
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Mar 10, 202631:16failed
Mark Carney on the attractiveness of Canada’s military
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Mar 9, 202630:43failed
A war of numbers: can the Gulf keep up?
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Mar 6, 202631:15failed
The US Senate votes against limiting Trump’s war powers
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Mar 6, 202638:30failed
Who will take over from Ayatollah Khamenei? Plus: business news and Paris Fashio...
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Mar 4, 202620:52pending
Who will lead Iran next, and how much control does the IRGC have?
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Mar 3, 202629:50pending
The conflict in the Middle East gains new fronts and oil prices soar
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Mar 2, 202631:21pending
Pakistan declares ‘open war’ against Afghanistan
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Feb 27, 202628:01pending
Geneva’s place as a diplomatic hub
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Feb 26, 202640:47pending
Trump’s State of the Union address. Plus: Milano Fashion Week
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Feb 25, 202628:27pending
Reflections on four years of war in Ukraine
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Feb 24, 202630:23pending
Nordic co-operation over Greenland, the Baftas and Chilean artist Alfredo Jaar
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Feb 23, 202627:04pending
How Sweden is training its civilian reserve and a look at the future of European...
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Feb 20, 202630:33pending
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor arrested and former South Korean president sentenced...
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Feb 19, 202632:04pending
What makes you feel proud of your country?
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Feb 18, 202644:20pending
The legacy of civil rights leader Jesse Jackson
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Feb 17, 202628:57pending
Palestine drafts a constitution, while Israel moves closer to ‘de facto annexati...
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Feb 16, 202631:17pending
Monocle Radio at the World Governments Summit in Dubai – Omar al-Olama and more
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Feb 13, 202637:27pending
Monocle Radio at the World Governments Summit in Dubai – President Vjosa Osmani...
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Monocle Radio at the World Governments Summit in Dubai – Adel Mardini and more
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Feb 13, 202659:54pending
EU leaders agree a ‘Buy European’ policy
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Feb 13, 202630:11pending
What to expect from the Munich Security Conference in a new era of diplomacy
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The aftermath of a deadly shooting at a Canadian high school
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